Retail giant Toys 'R' Us has revealed that it will be getting more stock of the NES Classic Edition in its North American stores this Sunday.

The console has been incredibly hard to find all over the globe, with demand far outstripping supply. Nintendo has stated previously that a steady flow of machines is expected all the way up to Christmas, but Toys 'R' Us is clearly of the mindset that this next shipment is going to go fast.

On Sunday, we're launching our Great Big Christmas Sale (Dec. 4 thru 10) and the catalog, which is arriving in homes in the coming days, features Hatchimals and NES. Our stores are receiving shipments of both holiday must-haves to support and we expect that when stores open at 8 a.m., they will sell very quickly.

It's not known if other big US retailers will be getting fresh stock. When asked for comment by CNBC, a Target spokesperson said:

Target is actively working to meet guest demand, and will continue to replenish inventory throughout the season.

Are you going to go on the hunt this weekend? Let us know with a comment.

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EDIT: Oh, they're ugly penguin things that are also a grab bag because they are surrounded by a disposable plastic shell that are being scalped even more than the MiNES. Why the heck are these things popular?

I just seen 2 Famicom Mini's a couple of hours ago in a little game shop inside this mall I was in. Couldn't believe it! He wanted 5000 bath (about £110) for each of them though and wouldn't budge on price.Said he had already sold a few at that price,

Nintendo UK Store actually had NES mini controllers for sale this morning, behind the 2nd door of their Advent Calendar promotion.But they sold out very quickly, and they actually altered the listing to sell t-shirts instead and already de-listed the out of stock controllers.The nerve, honestly.

@blackknight77 Same here, I'd rather not shop on Sunday anyway. Plus the fact that there will be lines of people from the night before pretty much guarantees that only the most dedicated scalpers and other (crazy) people will be able to get one. I really want to grab one, but because Nintendo blew it with short supplying these so retailers could never really open up preorders means that I'll likely need to wait until after the holidays. I'd expect come January or February these will be a little more common.

@Equinox If only I could preorder. Nintendo Switch preorders are as unavailable now as NES Classic Edition preorders were for the nearly six months proceeding its release. Well except for Target that only had them for a short time one morning while other retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy never had them available.

@mikegamer I would guess that it won't be available on their website and that stores will have lines of people waiting to get the maybe three or four that each store receives. But if they did post it on their website it would be gone within seconds. I tried both Amazon and Walmart's websites when they had them available. Both times I was able to get it in my cart but that was as far as either system would let me go. Like amiibo, Nintendo severely underestimated the consumer demand and errored on the side of not producing enough and paired this with a holiday release to maximize demand. It's a marketing strategy they overdo and while it's frustrating to Nintendo fans, these will become available to those who wait it out.

I laugh at those who hadn't heard of Hatchimals. You all must be living in a Nintendo bubble. I have been aware of Hatchimals for as many as six days, ever since I heard them mentioned on the radio while waiting at the dentist's office. I think the Hatchimals caused my cavity. Still haven't seen them yet. I live in a bubble too. I like it in here.

If this report is true, the scalpers know exactly when to prepare. I don't think this will go well for many who really want this system to have/use. I hope reports follow this restock indicating how many units stores actually get. Hearing widespread reports of stores getting a tiny number of units will be pretty pathetic.

Only about 8 minutes from my house but I refuse to go stand in line. We'll wait till they're in stock. If this means not getting one till January, that's fine.

I'll be honest, I love Nintendo but I'm about done with this kind of stuff. I don't care if other companies do this stuff too, I don't care if they have a good/bad excuse, I'm just sick of them hyping a product and then you can't find it.

"Our stores are receiving shipments of both holiday must-haves to support and we expect that when stores open at 8 a.m., they will sell very quickly."

It's weird to think about the parallels here with the late 1980's, back when Toys R' Us was begging Nintendo for more NES stock to meet demand, and being refused it beyond a bare minimum. Toys R' Us even tried to aggressively position themselves to resist Nintendo's monopolistic business demands, but came crawling back after Nintendo cut off all NES restocks in response.

Nintendo no longer has anywhere near as much leverage as they did 30 years ago, but there will still be thousands of people camping all night outside of every Toys R' Us in the country tomorrow, because of Nintendo's ingenious strategy... And only a limited few of them shall have their desire quenched. The frenzy will begin shortly thereafter.

I was lucky enough to snag one of the few so-called "Black Friday" New 3DS systems on "Black Thanksgiving" after only a 2 hour wait outside a local Best Buy, and a 5 hour round trip to and from there. That's enough for me.

Decided to try early morning a couple places and found out I was a day late for Target which did get restocks yesterday morning. 6 in my store (all gone, of course). Got some sweet Zelda amiibo though. They always look so much better in person. I could barely resist. And didn't bother resisting.

Really hope that the stock ramps up in a big way soon. It was not pleasant. ... I think Toys R Us has hoarded supply before for events like this so it might be worth an early morning, but ... it used to be more fun hunting stuff like this and I didn't mind. I'll wait in line for a Switch, but I have to admit it's getting old.

Nintendo is seriously dropping the ball here unless there is a huge surplus coming soon.

@RupeeClock I caught that and preordered one at about 11am and got an order confirmation, I looked back afterwards and it was Sold Out! I still don't have a NES mini, but when/if I manage to get hold of one, I want a second controller for 2 player so figured I better not wait!

How long until this thing is just sitting on the shelf in Target or easily available on Amazon? February? March? Maybe not even March because people could be picking this up when they fail to get a Switch. Hopefully I can get the NES Classic in May or June 2017.

I know a lot of people like to talk about low supply leading to increased demand later on so they can sell as many as they want, but honestly, I think they are going to lose sales from people just giving up buying something else instead. $60 is an impulse buy during the mad holiday shopping season, but in Jan people may just walk by and say forget it.

Looking thru the Sunday December 4th flyers for Best Buy and Target there is not a single mention of Nintendo. Zero. Zilch. Nada. None. No amiibo, no SMM3DS, no New 3DS, no Wii U or 3DS games. No Pokémon plushies or cards or toys. Nuthin. And of course no NES Mini. It's 3 freaking weeks before Christmas and Nintendo builds up Pokémon hype all year and then completely vanishes for the holidays. Ugh.

I know Nintendo doesn't make the ads, it's on Target and Best Buy, but really, Nintendo is a video game toy company, how do you not even exist at Christmas? At least make some Mario pjs. Anything.

Just triple checked. Even Just Dance 2017 is the X1 version, it doesn't even say Wii U on the side. It's a complete and total 100% disappearing act. Just in time for the holidays. Nintendo needs to hire this guy.

I chose to sleep in Sunday rather than stand in line. I did this on launch day for a Mini, but this Mini is going to my uncle. Meanwhile, I can wait until after Christmas for mine. After all, my birthday is in January!

@Captain_Gonru You mean the JLA HQ? I remember that from the Superfriends. (If you don't mean that, then, uh, nevermind.) Not as cool as the giant Darth Vader football helmet Legion of Doom HQ, but then again, nothing is as cool as the LoD HQ.